Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-12
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR
A Cosored Womanss Horrible Crtuscs
huRDERINs GIL WHO HAD Whitfield ONE on Hks

anu- making one OF the children turn Ine
grindstone while she sharpened it, she soon had u
In trim for efectual work. She proceeded
straightway 20 the Poole home. and called the
unsuspecttng girl out. As soon a. Lizzie Appeared
on the outside Sukie dealt her a fearful blow the
sharp edge OF the hoe sinking into the unfor
girls skull ana fairly sryering the head IN two
thirsty murderess dealt blow after blow upon the
prostrate body OF the dead woman. and it was not
ceased her work Her clothes were fairly covered
with the splashing blood of her victim The
ried on 10 ai here in order 20 save her from The
hands OF the colored people, who were clamcrous
for her execution. party was organized and
proceeded TO the spot with the rope ready Tor the
work In hand, only to find that their game was
gone. The murdercss presented a shocking ap-
pearance upon her arrival here, nearly every inca
OF her clothing being blood-stained
suicide 81 . Bride.
GETTING Up NIGHT, SHE JUMrs FROM HlaI
BRIDGE INFO THk RIVER
CINCINNATI, April IA special from Richmond,
Ind, says: Thursday evening Rev. / N. Hughes
Joined in marriage Jonas o. Bennett and Jennie
kilmer. The young people went 20 1--we with the
brides father. Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett retired
Saturday night about eleven O'Clock the bride
seemingly In the best OF spirits AT four O'Clock
Sunday morning Mr. Bennett was awakened by
that she p wound be s has nGuay sss
minutes AT the end OF quarter OF an hour shs
had not returned, and, thinking strange OF IL,
the house, and something seemed 70 tell him 10
look toward the river. He 20 the draw bridge
and about the center OF IL gazed down into the
shallow water. A dark object In the water he re-
cognized as his wifes shawl and a closer examina-
ton showed him the body OF his wife. The un-
fortunate woman was taken from the water and
IL was found that her neck was broken and her
skull fractured. When she left her husband In
bed Mrs. Bennett had gone out OF the back yard
passed down an alley and reached the bridge
climbed the high rail and jumped on TO the river
seventy-sy feet below, the fall breaking her neck,
as the water was not OF sufficient depth 70 have
krs
Bennett five years ago became partially deranged
over the death OF her mother, but was supposed 10
have entirely recovered.
More Electricity Than IL Good for Us.
TOLEDO MAN THINKS IT Is DESTROYING OUR HgAlra.
BUFFALO, n. Y. April ian electrician named
Thompson who halls from Toledo, and who is re-
ported to have recently been in the State asylum
here, publishes a novel proposition. For several
months, he says he has been I'm poor health and
claims to have made the discovery that IL II due
entirely TO the abr being heavily charged with cleo
trcity. He has therefore, started out on the work
OF annihilating all the eectr1c-ight companies I'm
the land. He claims that "the indiscriminate use
OF electricity has become the cause OF an intoler.
able nuisance, and that the electr1c-light compa-
MES employ batteries or large quantity. from
which enough electricity escapes 60 destroy the
purity or the air and water" To remedy this evil
he proposes that the President appoint q special
commission TO determine II the evt cannot DO
remedied. He has many forms OF argument to
present. and suggests that the commission consist
OF B. NJ Munson, OF Glasgow; Thos A. Edison,
Geo A. Hamilton, and Ger1tt smith, OF New York
city. These gentlemen according TO Thompson,
would he able TO convince the people that the cleo
trc-lght companies should be bought out and
buried forever. In case OF a dry summer ne sayA
tr1cfty before the year is out.
Two Kinds Of walnuss, but No Cheese
PARKKRsBURG, w. Va, April 12.-On the farm a
j. p. Jenkins, in Lewis county, is large walnut
tree which is four feet I'm diameter. About four O.
five feet above ground the is divided into two
large branches which annually produce loads of
wanuts, one branch producing a fine crop OF black
walnuts, while the other side or branch produces
a heavy crop OF butternuts or white wainuts.
The BARK OF the tree from the root the TOD ma
the appearance or perfect commingling Of both
varieties. The tree is probably over 100 years old.
Could Read BY the MeseOr,s Light.
MARION, OHIO April IAN enormous meteor
passed over Marion 20 minutes past O'Clock sun
day evening from west TO east, illuminating tho
streets with bright blue light Sufficient 10 make
print readable. IL was apparently the size OF q
dessert plate, and was visible fully a minute.
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The Science Of the Eyes,
WHAT QUALITIES OF TEMPERAMENT 60 WITH BLAW
EYES, AND BROWN, AND BLUE.
From the ST. James Gazette.
Speaking popularity, We may say that eyes arc
brown, blue, gray, hazel, black, green or OF no
color at all. The last three varieties however are
based on misnomer. Speaking generally again We
ID
brown OF their enemies, gray or their countries.
black OF their pleasures and green OF themselves
The blue is certainly the type with the greatest
number OF varieties IL is color that illustrates
affection, yielding TO the wishes OF Others. Q
sympathy with small sufferings, that measure OF
vanity without which no woman can be entirely
attractive and that Self-surrender which goes far
to persuade man that he is deni god because his
wife believes ft ard tells him So The color Seems
TO be getting more rare in these days. THIS is
hQ al haiF Elrlxasa
must Oe mated with their appropriate complexion.
That color, so fascinating In a blonde, IL no less
its meaning is now altered. There comes In now,
coupled with the afectionate qualities, a certain
tendency TO deceive stimulated by an ambition
for conquest and leading TO the qualification of
admiration There remain the light blue and the
violet. The first is the eye or the Northern
OF the SwedeS and the Danes, OF the Scotch some.
times also. IL suggests constancy and truth stead
fastneSs, simplicity, courage, purpose. II is q
mans eye, with It's moderation and self-respect-
honest in the glance it gives you, IN at the same
time rather cold and phlegmatic. And then there
is the violet eye, which is a woman's eye and az
which tie main characteristics are affection and
purity, chyaric belief and limited or deficient In
tellecJuality.
And now come the brown eyes They are the
eyes OF the south and OF the east-of the sunny
races; the most passionate and the least original
and TO them belong the lustrous black hair and
the olive complexion OF skin. With them we get
Jealousy and cruelty, somewhat OF the feline
nature In women; and In men, courage coupled
with superstition, wild recklessness OF life, and
type has altered through infinite notifications:
and there are brown eyes In plenty that have
nothing In common with the passionate qualities
OF the south. This, at least, may be generally
predicated: that when the brown Is light tho
disposition is affectiOnate but wayward, and al
that brown darkens you pass nom affection To
passion.
Last come the hazel eyes which are more mo
Quent in novels than In life. No two people seem
quite agreed asto the definition OF the color, and
the reference to q haZel-nut, which starts by be.
ing green, and passes through yellow 70 brown,
ylU hi
radiated from within with brown and bronze
streaks seems to come nearest the general view.
Adopting this as the color, IL will be seen thas
they are chiefly found among the mixed raceS
and especially the English and the Americana
They always suggest a good Deal OF strength q
character, generally sense OF mischief and trek.
1neSs-Puck probably had hazel eyes-and some
times that humorous cruelty which beaongsto the
Anglo-Saxon race. Hazel-eyed people ere rarely
shallow, and you must be prepared f0r -suypG1aGB
when you have TO deal with them.
He ExPlaineAs
From the Omaha World
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